Is it the last type of F-4 flying in the HAF or do they still have some RF-4 ?

The UK E-3D were upgraded with the RSIP upgrade (Radar System Improvement Program) and the French E-3F are being upgraded to that standard (3/4 should have been upgraded by now and the fourth is expected in may 2006.)

I got some question … y is it that the Rafales and MiG-29s have their butts in a lower position when parked than when they are taxing?

About the Rafale,

Taxing or not doesn’t make any change. This black Rafale is a C model (prototype) whereas the other is a M model with a stronger landing gear in order to be catapulted. So the Rafale M nose is always higher.

Some pics of a Su-30 today at Tours.

Please, can someone tell me how to differentiate visually an Indian Su-30K from an Indian Su-30MKI?

We shouldn’t care about people insulting some other people as a whole.

(btw fascism started in Italy)

We were speaking about this story in the “Rafale on USS Eisenhower ” thread.

The aircraft involved were 8 SEM, 1 Rafale M and 1 E-2C

Several websites had relayed the news.

There were 8 SEM, 1 Rafale M and 1 E-2C. It seems they couldn’t go back to the CdG because of the bad weather and one made an emergency call (lack of fuel or mechanical failure, they aren’t clear), anyway they must have been low on fuel.

It seems the US air force didn’t allow them to land on a military airbase and so they stayed overnight at Atlantic city airport in a federal area of the airport. It seems two of the pilots stayed with the aircraft while the others went in a hostel and maybe some French soldiers were brought at the airport.

It is very strange we haven’t heard that much about that story. It seems quite a serious diplomatic flaw.